Tafheem ul Quran
Surah 37 As-Saffat, Ayat 133-138
وَاِنَّ لُوۡطًا لَّمِنَ الۡمُرۡسَلِيۡنَؕ ﴿37:133﴾
اِذۡ نَجَّيۡنٰهُ وَاَهۡلَهٗۤ اَجۡمَعِيۡنَۙ ﴿37:134﴾
اِلَّا عَجُوۡزًا فِى الۡغٰبِرِيۡنَ ﴿37:135﴾
ثُمَّ دَمَّرۡنَا الۡاٰخَرِيۡنَ ﴿37:136﴾
وَاِنَّكُمۡ لَتَمُرُّوۡنَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ مُّصۡبِحِيۡنَۙ
﴿37:137﴾
وَبِالَّيۡلِؕ اَفَلَا تَعۡقِلُوۡنَ ﴿37:138﴾
(37:133) And Lot too was one of the Messengers. (37:134) (Call to mind) when We delivered him and all his kinsfolk, (37:135) except for an old woman who was among those that stayed behind.75
(37:136) Then We utterly destroyed the rest of them. (37:137) You pass by their desolate habitations in the morning76
(37:138) and at night. Do you still not understand?
Notes
75. This implies the wife of the Prophet Lot (peace be upon him), who did
not migrate with her illustrious husband, but remained behind with her people
and was punished.
76. The reference is to the mined habitations of the people of Lot by which
the Quraishite merchants passed day and night during their trade journeys to
Syria and Palestine. 1